Reader Stories

My grandpa Pop originally bought my Cadillac Coupe DeVille in California It was the family car while my dad was growing up eventually the car stopped being used as the family car and was stored under a tarp in my Pop's shop I remember going into the shop when I was young and drooling ... Read More

My two s Plymouths were destined with my eight other s finds to go to my youngest son on my death so that he could keep an eye on his badly behaved special needs older brother An error in choosing a garage for the three most valuable cars of the was changed when I needed to have ... Read More

Running across a barn find is truly exhilarating For a true car guy discovering rusting tin that has sat untouched for decades really kicks the old blood pump into overdrive Locate one or several almost every week and you get a better coronary workout then a gym membership In the early ... Read More

This Bel Air Door Hard Top came off the assembly line Tuesday April from the Los Angeles California Plant It was then delivered some time thereafter to Courtesy Chevrolet in Los Angeles California My father Anthony Bonno years old and working as a mechanic there purchased ... Read More

Long ago I saw a television documentary about Henry Ford's River Rouge plant I was fascinated by the nearly complete vertical integration of the plant with iron ore and coal entering the plant at one end and automobiles emerging from the other In particular the footages of flathead V s ... Read More

In late freshly equipped with a new Texas driver's license and some money saved for a car I embarked on a quest to find my first ride I was keen on Trans Ams or Camaros and coming from a GM family didn't really have an interest in Mustangs at all Especially - s But some friends of ... Read More

in issue Jim Schwartz commented about participant's fixing the outcome of a show I have witnessed this a couple of times this past summer and this is my first year showing my car this is what happens when you let the participants pick the winners you have a group or a club that want their ... Read More

My Grandfather Oren W Olin was the first modern Chief of Police for the City of Fairview Oregon form - He worked for the Portland Police Bureau for years from - he and my grandma LaVerne moved to Fairview in the same time my mom dad were married and built a house ... Read More

I was a nine-year-old boy headed to Miami in the family sedan for the annual summer vacation rite When we pulled into the motel and started unloading all the trappings of a big s family this baby-blue car next to us gleamed in the Florida sun Wire wheels continental kit it had it all ... Read More

Most of My Tales of Woe and amazing journey's can be found in quite a few of Hemming's Excellent Blogs found on Their Site here and in some of my event and technical issues still found online as well I hope to be able to continue to do so and enjoy this wonderful hobby we all partake in Please ... Read More